Time (edit .001 - Leanne, Billy)

[tectak]

Thomas,

I subjected this part of the sentence to you experiment and substituted "midst" with the alternative words. 


"in the midst of walking forward"  amid, among, during and in.


I am walking out the door, amid walking forward I find I’ve turned about;   no

I am walking out the door, among walking forward I find I’ve turned about;  no

I am walking out the door, during walking forward I find I’ve turned about;  no

I am walking out the door, in walking forward I find I’ve turned about;   Iffy.  Does not convey the sense of being in the middle of something.
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Of course all of this is just to take focus off your original error and act as though you are defending your original statement when you are not.

" No. "midst" is most certainly wrong. ↓  You cannot be in the "midst of walking""

Tell me, how long did you have to search before you found your quote? Not that I mind, mind you, as it is something I would probably do, so I commend you on that. Very devious. However you are still wrong.

your bosom buddy,

dale

 

Hi dale
I am going to ceoncede on this but find myself disturbed by my own certainty....and I think I know why. I admit that I yielded to instinct with my "..certainly wrong" but on reflection I may have uncovered an interesting nuance. It goes something like thix. Being *in the midst" of variables works but being "in the midst of ", shall we say, fungibles....not so well. So eating works as there are many things one can eat. Writing works because there are many things one can be writing about. Thinking works because there are many things one can be writing about...in other words, it seems that being "in the midst of" many things makes sense to me. Being *in the midst" of a single thing or action...not so well. So in the midst of water...no. In the midst of leaving...no. In the midst of walking...no? Hmmmm. Am I on to something?
No. I didn't need to google. I have had the temerity to pontificate on the peculiarity of the "in the midst " expression on more than one occasion but this is the first time I have investigated my instinct. Not advisable.
I am in the midst of conceeding. Hmmmm. Interesting.
Best,
Tom